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Tich Freeman

Alfred Percy Freeman

Born: 17 May 1888, Ladywell, Lewisham, London
Died: 28 January 1965, Bearsted, Kent
Major Teams: Kent, England.
Known As: Tich Freeman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly


Test Debut: England v Australia at Sydney, 1st Test, 1924/25
Last Test:
England v South Africa at The Oval, 5th Test, 1929

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1923

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   12   16   5   154   50*  14.00   0   1    4   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              3732  142  1707   66  25.86  7-71    5   3  56.5  2.74

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1914 - 1936)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  592  716 194  4961   66    9.50   0   4  238   1

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            154414 69577 3776  18.42 10-53  386 140  40.8  2.70

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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"Tich" Freeman was probably the most effective bowler ever in county cricket, year after year enticing slow footed batsmen to their doom with his beautifully flighted slow leg breaks. "Stumped Ames bowled Freeman" appears many times in the Kent scorebook in the 1920s and 30s. His 304 wickets in 1928 will probably remain the record for an English first-class season (he took 298 in 1933, and over 250 in 6 seasons in all). In Tests, however, he had less success, particularly against Australia. The Australians were adept at the quick footwork required to counter-act his flight and spin. Against less skilled batsmen, however, he was deadly. A small "gnome-like" man, he bowled off 5 paces with a quick, economical action, had excellent control of leg break, top spinner and googly (of which he bowled two types), with considerable spin. He took 10 wickets in a innings in three consecutive years, the only bowler to have achieved this feat thrice. He holds the less illustrious record of conceding 331 runs in a match, for Kent against the MCC in 1934 (he did take 8 wickets). He also holds the record for most runs conceded in a season (5489 in 1928), and most balls bowled in a season (12,234 in 1933). Few have bowled as much, and as consistently well, for so long (Dave Liverman, 1998).

* Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 08:03:09 GMT


 
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